Nairobi 9 March 2018 - UN-Habitat and Lixil Corporation have jointly conducted one week of training on the ‘Green Toilet System’ – a waterless and sustainable sanitation solution to be piloted at the Kalobeyei refugee settlement in Turkana County in Kenya.
UN-Habitat Executive Director Mme Maimunah Mohd Sharif recently met with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amb. Dr. Monica Juma. The Executive Director also met with Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Hon. James Macharia.
5 February 2018, Nairobi - UN-Habitat Executive Director Mme Maimunah Mohd Sharif today made her maiden visit to Kenya’s Mathare slums where she met with youth, women and civil society stakeholders implementing various community projects in the informal settlement. The Executive Director toured the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) project that is implemented by UN-Habit
Kuala Lumpur, 13 February, 2018 - Rapid unplanned urbanization combined with a multiplicity of hazards is this world’s reality. The increasing number and magnitude of threats facing our cities means that there is growing urgency to build urban resilient.
Nairobi, 28 Feb 2018 - With support from the Government of Japan, UN-Habitat has partnered with UNHCR and the Turkana County Government in Kenya to implement an integrated spatial development framework which promotes climate resilient infrastructure for sustainable livelihoods. Pilot projects for sustainable shelter, public space and sanitation that align humanitarian responses with development priorities are being undertaken with technical support from UN-Habitat in the context of integrating refugee and host communities.
New York 27 January 2018—UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohamed Sharif believes that there was a great value in the United Nation’s Joint Fund in empowering cities.
Occupancy Certificates for Residents of Informal Urban Areas
Kuala Lumpur 22 February 2018-- On the sidelines of the World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur some 28 participants representing national and local authorities, several UN agencies, development partners, civil society organizations and academia actively contributed in the kick-off “working session” of the participatory drafting process for the Guidin
